CompulsionWordNet Explorer
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noun
using force to cause something to occur
Words in this synset: coercion
noun
the act of causing something to happen
noun
action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved
noun
an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
Words in this synset: irresistible_impulse
noun
a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
noun
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
Words in this synset: obsession
noun
a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
noun
obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness